Setting a precautionary catch limit for Antarctic krill
Setting a precautionary catch limit for Antarctic krill
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设定南极磷虾的预防性捕捞限额
DOI:
10.5670/oceanog.2002.12
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发表时间:
2002
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影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
J. Emery
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作者:
R. Hewitt;J. Watkins;David A. Demed;S. Kasatkina;J. Emery
Ar evised precautionary catch limit for Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Scotia Sea of 4 million tons was recently adopted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The limit was based on a total biomass of 44.3 million tons, as estimated from an acoustic and net survey of krill across the Scotia Sea sector of the Southern Ocean, and a harvest rate of 9.1%, as determined from an analysis of the risks of exceeding defined conservation criteria. We caution, however, that before the fishery can expand to the 4-million-ton level it will be necessary to establish mechanisms to avoid concentration of fishing effort, particularly in proximity to colonies of land-breeding krill predators, and to consider the effects of krill immigrating into the region from multiple sources.